WIC and non-WIC Infants and Children Differ in Usage of Some WIC-Provided Foods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides expert-chosen supplemental foods to improve the diets and health of low-income infants and children <5 y of age, but dietary behaviors of WIC participants are not well characterized.

Objective

The purpose of this analysis was to examine differences in food consumption patterns between WIC participants and nonparticipants.

Methods

FITS 2016 is a nationwide cross-sectional study of children <4 y (n = 3235). Data were weighted to provide US population-representative results. Children were categorized as WIC participants or nonparticipants, with the latter divided into lower- and higher-income nonparticipants. Group differences were assessed via the Wald test (demograp

SUBMITTER: Guthrie JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126634 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature